hobby
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɒbi
Etymology 1 [edit]
Shortened from hobby-horse, from Middle English hoby, hobyn, hobin (“small horse, pony”), from Old French hobi, *haubi, haubby, hobin ("a nag, hobby"; > Modern French aubin, Italian ubino), of Germanic origin: from Old French hober, ober (“to stir, move”), from Old Dutch hobben (“to toss, move up and down”); or from North Germanic origin related to Danish hoppe (“a mare”), Old Swedish hoppa (“a young mare”), North Frisian hoppe (“horse”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend; a bend, joint”). More at hop, hobble.
The meaning of hobby-horse shifted from "small horse, pony" to "child's toy riding horse" to "favorite pastime or avocation" with the connecting notion being "activity that doesn't go anywhere". Possibly originally from a proper name for a horse, a diminutive of Robert or Robin (compare dobbin).
Noun [edit]
Wikipedia hobby (plural hobbies)
- An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
- I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby.
- (horses) An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby
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- hobbyist n
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Old French hobet, from Medieval Latin hobētus, diminutive of hobe.
Noun [edit]
hobby (plural hobbies)
- Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 323:
- He hawked – from nearby Esher, Richard Fox sent a servant with a hobby, which Henry received enthusiastically – and hunted, sending a present of freshly slaughtered deer to Princess Mary.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 323:
Derived terms [edit]
- African hobby, Falco cuvierii
- Australian hobby, Falco longipennis
- Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo
- Oriental hobby, Falco severus
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Czech [edit]
Noun [edit]
hobby n
- hobby (activity)
Danish [edit]
Noun [edit]
hobby c (singular definite hobbyen, plural indefinite hobbyer)
- hobby (activity)
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Inflection [edit]
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | hobby | hobbyen | hobbyer | hobbyerne |
| genitive | hobbys | hobbyens | hobbyers | hobbyernes |
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Noun [edit]
hobby m (plural hobby's, diminutive hobby'tje)
- hobby (activity)
Finnish [edit]
Noun [edit]
hobby
- hobby (activity)
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Declension of hobby (type valo)
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from English
Noun [edit]
hobby m (plural hobbies) (alternative plural hobbys)
- hobby (activity)
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Interlingua [edit]
Noun [edit]
hobby
- hobby (activity)
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
hobby m (invariable)
- hobby (activity)
- (in the plural) hobbies
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Polish [edit]
Noun [edit]
hobby
- hobby (activity)
Portuguese [edit]
Noun [edit]
hobby m (plural hobbies or hobbys)
- hobby (activity)
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From English.
Noun [edit]
hobby m (plural hobbys)
- hobby (activity)
Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
hobby c
- hobby (activity)
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Germanic languages
- English terms derived from Old Dutch
- English terms derived from North Germanic languages
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- en:Birds of prey
- Czech neuter nouns
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- Danish nouns
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- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- French terms derived from English
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